The origins of the crisis:
We had no feeling for the view of the vast majority of the Iranian people at the time. Because they believed as an article of faith that if the Shah came to the United States, it would usher in a series of events similar to those that had happened in 1953, when the CIA. . assisted the pro-Shah demonstrators in overthrowing Mohammed Mossadegh and putting the Shah back on the Peacock throne, They believed that as an article of faith. Whether It was true or not is irrelevant.
